City of Bloomington, MN The BUZZ 2022, 16 Feb 2022

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From YouTube: Bloomington Today: The BUZZ February 16

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The Bloomington Police Department has its next chief of police, a recap of the Luminary Night Hike and news about the first-ever Viva! Festival Latino in March.

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Welcome to bloomington today, I'm emily taplin thanks for joining us. First, we bring you the buzz for the weeks of february 16th. Through march 1st, the city has announced its next chief of police city manager. Jamie verbruge has selected dr booker t hodges for the bloomington police department's top position.

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Dr hodges has extensive experience in law enforcement and is currently serving as the assistant commissioner at the minnesota department of public safety. Prior to that he served as chief of police in prior lake under sheriff at ramsey county and sergeant at the dakota county sheriff's office. Dr hodges will begin on april. 4Th come work with the city this summer, parks and recreation is hiring for the 2022 summer season. They're looking for motivated people to fill a variety of seasonal jobs, staff will learn valuable life skills like leadership, teamwork, customer service communication and responsibility.

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Jobs include things like lifeguard, groundskeepers and youth program coordinators. To learn more about these exciting opportunities visit. The web address on your screen spring forward on planning for eco-friendly gardens and landscape projects. Watershed district environmental stewardship grants are available to help fund projects that protect and improve natural resources in bloomington.

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The watershed grants offer a funding source for residents, associations, non-profits schools and businesses interested in local small scale, environmental projects like rain, gardens, metal, lawns or pollinator gardens to learn more about the different grant options, visit, blm.mn rain, dash, gardens or visit the website of your local watershed district. The hra has restarted the home improvement loan program. This program provides bloomington homeowners, the ability to access funds to maintain repair and improve their homes. Loans up to forty thousand dollars are available for homeowners, who are eligible to make repairs that address health or safety requirements.

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Can make improvements you know to the interior to the exterior roofing, siding windows, major improvements like that also lead-based paint stabilization.

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It can also do repairs for energy efficiency code compliance you know or like furnace um water, heater, electrical updates and uh things of that nature and we've.

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Also discovered.

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That you know when the repairs are done to to homes in the area it kind of has a contagious effect to the the surrounding homes um really keeps the neighborhoods up um keeps people in their homes. You know making those necessary repairs and uh also you know, increase the pride of home ownership here in bloomington.

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There are no monthly payments and the loan will accrue interest at an annual rate of 2 percent for a period of 10 years and 0 interest. After that, homeowners don't have to repay the loan until they sell, transfer title or the property is no longer their principal place of residence to learn more about requirements and to apply visit. Blm.Mn loans mark your calendars for march, 2nd through the 5th for viva festival. Latino. The four-day event is happening at civic plaza and brings people together to celebrate.

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Minnesota's, vibrant latin and caribbean cultures through music arts and cultural activities, including a latin fashion, show food trucks and musical experiences.

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I am super excited and I want to invite all of you to come. Join us for the first viva festival, latino a latin event here in bloomington, where we're going to have a lot of fun with different cultures, food networking, everything from our latin community to you. So please join us march, 2nd through the 5th. For this amazing event, desperamus.

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For event, specifics visit the events calendar on the city's homepage in february, the city's creative placemaking commission partnered with the minnesota valley, national wildlife refuge for the second luminary night hike participants signed up for a time slot for the roughly 20-minute hike that took place at the old cedar, avenue trailhead and included a walk across the bridge and a loop around the nature play area with ice lanterns to guide the way. At the beginning of the trail. There was also hot chocolate: east african spice tea and a unique ice sculpture.

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The ice sculpture is also a graffiti wall. We have special pens that people can use to write their name in the refuge is open from sunrise to sunset, and so this is a really unique opportunity for people to enjoy.

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When it's usually closed, it's a different experience, because the wildlife usually come out a little bit during the night time and then sometimes you'll get to see the full moon and it's definitely a more quiet time of day.

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To find more creative place, making events and opportunities around the city visit the link on your screen. That is the buzz on bloomington today for the weeks of february 16th through march 1st. If you would like to watch other stories from the show go to this week's playlist, there you'll find your weekly check-in with mayor bussey in the council minute plus new books are available at bloomington public school libraries thanks to donations from the city's human rights commission. Those stories after the break.